villa4europe Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 as someone who doesn't rate Rice I don't mind him being called up its the obvious bullshit around grealish that stings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 53 minutes ago, Rino8 said: Yorkshire Pirlo. Its a joke that gained some traction online Is it, because Leeds fans claim that a lot when they're being knobs online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 £30m + add ons for a 29 year old from a team having a fire sale Not seen enough of him to judge him as a player (I know he's better than he was) but on paper that's awful value 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 That screams of utter desperation. Probably better than what they have and if they stay up, not a major problem but I'm really not jealous about that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 And we will of course get "but Bielsa will get a tune out of him" and "Bielsa will make him better" Might be true but he's not going to be the goalscorer that gets them the top half finish they all seem to think they will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 18 minutes ago, villa4europe said: £30m + add ons for a 29 year old from a team having a fire sale Not seen enough of him to judge him as a player (I know he's better than he was) but on paper that's awful value Desperation. Look at the whole Augustin situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Personally I think it’s a good signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted August 25, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2020 Interesting one. I think everybodys right to say that price for a 29 year old is bad value but 9 goals and 11 assists for a second striker in a 4 4 2 isn't bad numbers. Either he takes Hernandez role and plays a bit more in midfield or he replaces Bamford. I sort of hope its the latter I'm absolutely not convinced Bamford can cut it in the prem, his finishing isn't even good enough for the Championship Regardless of what I think, Bielsa knows a lot more about football than me so I'll trust whatever the club does until proven wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Rino8 said: Interesting one. I think everybodys right to say that price for a 29 year old is bad value but 9 goals and 11 assists for a second striker in a 4 4 2 isn't bad numbers. Either he takes Hernandez role and plays a bit more in midfield or he replaces Bamford. I sort of hope its the latter I'm absolutely not convinced Bamford can cut it in the prem, his finishing isn't even good enough for the Championship Regardless of what I think, Bielsa knows a lot more about football than me so I'll trust whatever the club does until proven wrong. He got 4 goals in La Liga. Thats a massive price for that with no potential to really improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted August 25, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: He got 4 goals in La Liga. Thats a massive price for that with no potential to really improve. A lot more to his game than that. Hes very highly rated in Spain and both Barca and Madrid have wanted him in previous seasons for over double this. Atletico wanted him in January for 50 but Valencia wouldn't budge. It looks like we've managed to get him by paying more than any other club is willing due to Valencias current issues and all this Covid nonsense. Its easy to say that's not enough goals but maybe all these clubs know more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Rino8 said: A lot more to his game than that. Hes very highly rated in Spain and both Barca and Madrid have wanted him in previous seasons for over double this Soldado was the same though, went to spurs and could only score pens, unless it was against villa which I think he scored 3 against us in open play over a few games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted August 25, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Soldado was the same though, went to spurs and could only score pens, unless it was against villa which I think he scored 3 against us in open play over a few games True. I'm hoping since there is more to his game than that this won't happen. Its a risk but I think we might have seen it as too good a deal to pass up. There's no way he's worse than Bamford and if its the signing that keeps us in the prem its worth every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rino8 said: True. I'm hoping since there is more to his game than that this won't happen. Its a risk but I think we might have seen it as too good a deal to pass up. There's no way he's worse than Bamford and if its the signing that keeps us in the prem its worth every penny. Yep agree with the last part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I heard from a Leeds reporter/person on the Tifo podcast that Leeds will have around £70/75m to spend. If they’re spending £30m on a striker, and were willing to spend £30m on Ben White then they’re seemingly putting a lot of faith into the majority of their Championship side. I wonder if that’s wise. They must really be hoping that the Bielsa factor does the business for them. If not, they could easily do a Norwich/Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 hours ago, dudevillaisnice said: Personally I think it’s a good signing He scored one goal last time he played in England. 29 and scored 8 goals last year. 30.m is a terrible deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 They are the Ronnie Pickering of English football. Their Championship squad isn't good enough for 38 games in the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellbergsBeard Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Their fans live in some kind of dream world on social media, I know most teams do but these lot are deluded. Look forward to them struggling this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Rob182 said: I heard from a Leeds reporter/person on the Tifo podcast that Leeds will have around £70/75m to spend. If they’re spending £30m on a striker, and were willing to spend £30m on Ben White then they’re seemingly putting a lot of faith into the majority of their Championship side. I wonder if that’s wise. They must really be hoping that the Bielsa factor does the business for them. If not, they could easily do a Norwich/Fulham. Their fans seem convinced they only need a couple of signings and their Championship squad is plenty good enough with just a few additions. Lots of hyping up of how they were the best team in Championship history, it's nauseating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjay Posted August 25, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2020 Goal scoring wise may not be to impressive (although with minutes played taken into account his La Liga record as a striker is 1 in 3). But MB demands far more from a striker than just goals. In that respect according to those who know more than i say Rodrigo has the things MB will want. It seems a lot for a 29 year old but he is currently the Spanish national teams main striker at the end of the day. His record last season isnt bad imo. Directly involved in 17 goals in just under 28 games worth of minutes. Goal or an assist every 146 minutes, 2 goals and 2 assists in the Champions League (Ajax, Chelsea and Lille) only played 529 minutes. I'd rather this then spend £20mil on Ollie Watkins which is apparently something we may have done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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